Dana White reacts to Jake Paul sneaking into the Sphere in disguise for UFC 306 event
09/18/2024 06:09 AM
This past Saturday at UFC 306, Jake Paul went to desperate measures to attend the monumental event to watch his business partner Sean O’Malley attempt to defend his bantamweight title.
Jake Paul‘s relationship with the UFC brass and more specifically UFC CEO, Dana White, has been non-existent and the two have continuously feuded online over the years.
‘The Problem Child’ recently claimed that he has been banned from attending UFC events because of an incident with Daniel Cormier back at UFC 261 and because of that, Paul snuck into UFC 306 in disguise.
Dana White reacts to Jake Paul sneaking into UFC 306 in disguise
With UFC 306 being such a huge success, White likely isn’t too concerned with Paul having paid his way to get into the event, however, the UFC boss has claimed that he didn’t ban the YouTuber from attending events.
“Listen, Oscar De La Hoya was there, ok, let’s put it that way. Nobody is banned from the UFC,” White reacted at the Dana White’s Contender Series post-fight press conference this past Tuesday.
“Listen, that kid knows how to market and do his thing and, you know, all that good sh*t, but yeah, Jake Paul is welcome to come to the UFC, he just can’t bring that, you know,” the UFC boss continued.
Not only was Oscar De La Hoya in attendance but despite his and White’s ongoing hatred for each other, the Mexican boxer was credited during one of the UFC’s short films in between fights.
It is unclear who White is referring to in not allowing Paul to bring a certain someone with him, however, one of Paul’s friends that has caused controversy in the combat sports world, is ‘Betr Derek’.
The influencer has continuously asked stupid and disrespectful questions at boxing press conferences, with the most viral moment coming when he told Nate Diaz that he couldn’t wait to see Paul ‘knock him the f*ck out’.
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Dana White reveals he will take the next Noche UFC to Mexico
Although the UFC won’t be returning to the Sphere to host another Noche UFC event for Mexican Independence Day, White has already begun working on where the next Noche event will be held and he has provided some information.
“I’m already looking at going to Mexico next year, I want to go to Guadalajara next year for Noche. They’re building a new arena there, it’ll be done in 2025 and yeah, I’ll go there.
“I’m not even thinking about doing Vegas now for Noche, after the way that whole thing went down it just left a bad taste in my mouth, we’ll do Mexico, we’ll go to Texas, we’ll go to Arizona, we’ll go to different places now for Noche, Vegas can have the boxing matches,” White stated.
UFC 306 directly competed with a boxing event at the T-Mobile Arena, headlined by Canelo Alvarez, as they booked the date before the UFC could.
The UFC has a multiyear deal with the MGM, however, after this weekend, White isn’t thinking about returning there for their huge yearly Noche events.
